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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

night near midnight the people of the little
village Of Otsego, Allegan County, were
aroused by a loud explosion Exam
nation showed two store build
lngs terribly wrecked and their
contents tumbled together. The cause
was found to be an explosion of dyn-
amite cartridges under the store of A. r,
Foster, placed there with diabolical intent
Timbers from the wrecked store were
hurled against S D. Fosters store. several
feet away, breaking glass and destroying
goods. Five men were sleeping in the
blown-up building, but beyond severe
shaking up are uninjured. Foster has had
a great deal of litigation, and it is thought
that parties to some of the suits are the
perpetrators of last rights outrage.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
THE TIFFIN HORROR.
The Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict
Censuring the Baltimore s. Ohio Rail

The Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict
Censuring the Baltimore s. Ohio Rail
road Company.
TIFFIN, O., Feb 21.-The verdict of Cor
oner Lepper on the terrible accident which
took place near here on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad January will be rem
dered today. 1t condemns the COM
pany in unmeasured terms and
charges that the methods of lighting
and heating of the cars were contrary
to State laws; that the company's officials
knew the engine was unsafe; that En-
gineer Kiley was not intoxicated, as
charged, but was worn out with sixteen
hours and fifty minutes continuous duty
with green fireman and poor
engine. He had plenty of time to
get to Republic from Seneca siding
thirty eight minutes, ten miles =
but his engine was so poor and leaked so
that the fires were put out and it died on
the tracks at the point of collision Con-
ductor Fletcher failed in his duty in that
he did not flag the express, and that the
disaster was due to gross negligence on
the part of the company in using on the
train defective brakes.
1t would seem that such negligence, re-
sulting in such great loss of life, could
not be other than criminal; but there are
no laws in Ohio making such negligence a
crime, and no laws under which these per-
sons can be charged with crime The YER
dict will cause something of STIR especial
ly in this State, and will probably be the
cause of the enactment of laws making
such negligence as described crime, with
severe punishment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
uNGER'S AWFUL STORY.
The Aged Aftrderer's Dramatic Recital
of How He Killed August Bohle-The

The Aged Mtirderer's Dramatic Recital
of How He Killed August Bohle-The
Claim of Self-Dafense set Up.
NEW Y DIRK, Feb 1S.-The trial of Cap
tain Edward Unger, charged with killing
August Bohle and shipping his victims
mangled body to Baltimore in trunk, was
| resumed yesterday Inspector Byrnes re-
lated the confession made to him by Unger,
after which the defendant was placed on
the stand. From his story it appears that
Bohle was soured by repeated business
failures, and frequently abused and cursed
Unger On the night of January 90 Bohle
was particularly abusive, and called Unger
vile names The latter objected to the
TRADE, and Bohle struck him. The prisoner
was then fixing the fire with poker, and,
lmping to his feet struck Bohle. De-
| ceased grabbed knife from table and
struck at the prisoner twice, cutting him
o. the hand. [Here Unger showed a scarf
Prisoner then seized hammer and struck
Bohle on the top of the head with all his
strength.
AS the old man described the scene he
re-enacted part of the tragedy At this
point he stood up and seemed to be reach
ing high up at the hand which held the
knife over him. Witness, continuing, said
that he struck Bohle, he thought, about
on the top of his heal, and Bohle
| fell back en- the sofa. Unger looked at HIM
| and saw that he was dead II knew that
he was dead" sail he, ''and I thought what
should do. 1t was nearly ten o'clock, and
my boy would soon be back, so pulled out
| the settee, put Bohle behind it, and wiped
| the blood off the sofa. Then l got ready to
receive my boy. When he came l told him
Bohle was gone, and we went to bed"
Unger related the story of the night of
horror which passed while the body Of
Bohle was behind the cot. He had ftful
| sleep, broken by horrible dreams, and in
| each of them Bohle appeared standing
| at his bed. Unger would start up and
| spring out of bed. Again and again this
| was repeated. Then the story of how he
| cut up the body was told in all it's
| minutest details The head would
not go into the trunk with all his eff
| forts. Unger wrapped it up in a piece of
| cloth with some scraps of iron and dropped
| it off the ferry-boat. The trunk was so full
| without it that Unger was obliged to bear
| his weight upon the lid in closing it. The
| other events, the removing the trunk to a
| saloon, then to Williamsburg, its shipment
| to Baltimore was given. Unger SAID in
| closing:
Il don't know, but it don't seem that l
did it. I don't seem to be awake. am a
| miserable man. l seem to be dreaming
| ever since I certainly did it in self-de-
| Tense. L can't blame myself. l am mis-
| SCRABBLE man.
| THAI was ALL Unger's voice had sunk
lower and grew more husky, until his
words were scarcely audible. The court
room was as still as death during his re-
cital The jury leaned forward to catch
] every syllable. Whom he was through every
| eye Was on him as he came down from the
stand, with every movement indicating age
| or fnnhlNNCcs
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
TIE NEWS
Compiled from Late Dispatches.
XLIXth CONGRESS.
Second Session


THURSDAY, Feb. 17-The Senate passed
Mr.. Hale's bill approDriating SIS, 400, 600
for the construction of gun-boats, tor
pedo-boats and heavily armored vessels
for coast defense, also substitute for the
Eads Tehuantepec Ship Railway bill. A
petition was presented from citizens of
Iowa in favor of National Board of Arbi-
tration. Bills were reported to extirpate
pleuro-pn pneumonia and foot-and mouth dis
ease, and to enable Indian tribes to bring
suit in the tribal name in the United States
courts. In the House the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill was passed.
BY vote of 100 to SO the Texas Seed bill
failed to pass over the Presidents veto.
The conference report ON the anti-Mormon
bill was adopted by vote Of POP to 40.
FRIDAY, Feb. 18.-The Senate adopted
the conference report on the Anti Polyg-
amy bill, and the measure was ready
10 go to the President. A bill for a naval
reserve was introduced, an amendments
to the River and Harbor bill were adopted.
The credentials of Frank Hiscock as Sena-
tor from the State of New York were re-
ceived and placed on file. The nomination
of Public Printer Benedict was reported
adversely. In the House the Senate amend
ments to the Invalid Pension bill were non
concurred in. The Sundry- Civil Appropri-
alton bill was considered, and bill appro-
priating S. 663, 104 for the payment of Mex
lean and other pensions was reported. At
the evening session twenty-three pension
bills were passed.
SATURDAY, Feb. 1.-Two messages were
received in the Senate from the Presi
dent vetoing pension bills, and petitions
were presented from various Grand Army
posts for the passage of the Dependent
Pension bill over the Presidents Veto The
| conference report on the bill to retire the
trade dollar was agreed to, and the River
and Harbor bill was further considered.
In the House the Senate amendments to
| the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill were
| considered, and the Committee on Invalid
Pensions unanimously reported back the
Dependent Pension bill with recommen.
dalton that it be passed over the Presi-
dents veto. Consideration was deferred
until the Oath.
MONDAY, Feb. 81. The River and Har
Dor bill ($1O,3OO,OOO) and the Nicaragua
Ship Canal bills were passed in the
Senate. A bill was introduced for the rel
covery of internal revenue taxes and pen
alties enormously assessed. In the House
long debate took place on the various
land bills, but no action was taken.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
THE INTERSTATE LAW.
The Trunk Lines Preparing to Obey -Ac
ton of the General Passenger Agents.

The Trunk Lines Preparing to Obey -Ac
ton of the General Passenger Agents.
NEW YORK, Feb 19-The Trunk Line Ex-
ecutive Committee and the Central Traffic
Association resolved yesterday to re-
wise at once the freight rates and
classifications and the passenger fares
of the railways comprising the joint COM
mittee in all respects in which they are
found not to conform to the Interstate
Commerce law. 1t was decided to recall
all passes and make no discrimination ex-
cept in the case of ministers and mission
aries. The system of pooling was also Incl
dentally touched upon, but nothing definite
was done in the matter
CHICAGO, Feb. 19-General passenger
agents of Southwestern Passenger Asso-
citation lines yesterday concluded a four
days session, given over to the con-
sideration of the Interstate Commerce
law. Their conclusions, covering twenty,
four printed foolscap pages, will
be submitted to the general man.
ayers Monday, They recommend the abol-
ishment of 1,000-mile tickets, theatrical
rates and passes and are uncertain as to
whether any special rates can be made
They also adopted resolution to the effect
that their lines would abide by, obey and
proceed in harmony with the new law.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

AT meeting of the Caucasian Medi-
cal Society Dr. A. P. Astvatzaturoff, OF
Iitiis, drew attention to the danger OF
infection arising from the promiscuous
use of the mouth-pieces of public tele-
phones To prevent any accident OF
the kind, he recommends that the
mouth-piece should be disinfected every
time after, or, still better, before it is
used In other words, some disin-
fectant fluid should be kept at every
telephone station; and the speaker
should, first of all, dip the mouth-piece
into the fluid, and then wipe it with a
clean towel.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
DEATH ON THE TOBOGGAN.
The Terrible Fate Which Befel Promi-
nent Member of the Vermont Bar.

The Terrible Fate Which Befel a Promi-
nent Member of the Vermont Bar.
RUTLAND, VT, Feb. l7.-The first Of the
serious accidents expected from the intro
duction of tobagganing into this section Of
Vermont happened at the slide of
Titcomb & Merrill on Monday night by
which James G. Barrett a leading member
of the Rutland bar, lost his life, and
lady, named Mrs. Charles P Harris,
received serious and probably fatal
injuries. A board which formed d part of
the side of the chute near the bottom had
become splintered and displaced so it pro-
Jected into the slide pointing upward. Four
young men had Just passed it and their
clothes had been BADLY torn by it, but none
OF the party was injured. A boy
informed Mr. Titcomb, and the lat
Ter ran to remove it, but Just at
that instant the toboggan bearing Mrs.
Barrett, Mrs. Harris and Mr.. Barrett, in
the order named, dashed down the chute.
Mrs Barrett passed the deadly projection
without touching it, but it struck Mrs.
Harris on the outside of the thigh, and cut
long, deep cash. Then it struck Mr.
Barrett on the under and inner side of the
thigh, extending up through it and his
abdomen and coming out at his back
The force of the collision was frightful,
and he was thrown off the toboggan, but
the ladies went on to the foot of the Slide
Mr.. Barrett was completely transfxed by
the board, but he did not for moment
lose consciousness, and bore the excruci-
ating pain with remarkable fortItude
Mr.. Titcomb called for help and carried
him into the little building used as a
warming room. Medical aid was hastily
summoned, and in a few moments he was
attended by Drs. Caverly, Pond Mead and
Gait. They etherized him, sawed off the
board and removed it and then conveyed
Mr. Barrett to his home.
Mr.. Barrett, who was fully conscious
and realized his great danger, called for
his wife, and when she came kissed her
and asked her to pray with him. He then
submitted to the operations of the sur
geons He died at seven o'clock Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Harris is in critical con-
dition
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
BLOWN FROM THE TRACK.
Trains Derailed by Wind-Many Person.
Hurt=Damages Done at Denver.

Trains Derailed by Wind-Many Persons
Hurt-Damages Done at Denver.
DENVER, Col, Feb. 1S-A wind storm
blowing sixty miles an hour ragged from
four a. m. until two p. m. yesterday.
Many buildings in, this city were
unroofed and other serious damage DONE
Outside of Denver the casualties report
ed are considerably greater than in the
city. The Leadville express OF the Denver
& South Park road was blown over a
bridge near Como and nearly all the pas
sengers and trainmen were severely
wounded and the coaches were badly
wrecked A passenger train on the
same road which left the Union depot for
Morrison at eight o'clock was hurled down
to the foot of an embankment when
about twelve miles from this city One
passenger had a leg broken and several
others badly bruised. On the Denver &
Rio Grande railway, four miles north of
Colorado Springs, every coach of the
north bound Salt Lake express, consisting
of two sleepers, two passenger coaches, a
baggage and mail-car was blown from
the track about three a. M, and the mall
car, with its contents, was burned. No one
WAC h11rf
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

DUBLIN, Feb 1S.-The paupers in the new
Ross work-house broke into the council
chamber while the Board of Guardians was
insession and pelted the guardians with the
loaves of stale bread which had been dealt
out to them for their rations. The paupers
also set upon the master Of the work
house and gave him a severe drubbing,
charging him with being in league with
the guardians for the issuance of moldy
and unpalatable rations. The police at
hand were powerless to stop the riotous
proceedings, and reinforeements were sent
for. The paupers are now holding full
possession of the work house
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

A FEW weeks ago the husband Of
Mrs. Lima Sw@liield, of Beverly, Mass,
went hunting with party of friends.
On their way home one of the party
hurried in advance and told Mrs.
Swatiield that her husband had been
shot and killed. She tainted, and
when she regained consciousness was
insane. Her husband has taken her to
Florida in the hope that the change of
scene and climate will restore her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

THE last report of the Bureau of
Statistics shows that our exports of
wheat of this crop year largely exceed
ed those of last year. The quantity OF
wheat exported in January was $685.
66l bushels, against 4,01S, sos in Janu-
airy, 1886. For the seven months ended
January 81 the quantity was $4,000. 00C
bushels, while for the corresponding
seven months of the preceding year ii
was only 24,500,000 bushels, If the
flour exported be reduced to its equiv
alent in wheat, the quantity exported
during the seven months was 80, $780,
$40 bushels.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

A RECENT trip OF the mail stage from
Mount Idaho to Lewiston, Idaho, re-
quircd four days Twelve hours being
the schedule time), and one of the
horses died on the trip from exhaustion.
A commercial traveller was the only
passenger, and he got through in SAT
ETY.. A local paper says that no one
but a drummer could have survived the
trim
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb 21-Just be-
fore dusk last evening an unknown fruit
schooner fuzzy seventy-fve feet long was
struck by whirlwind in the st. Johns
river, about six miles below this city, lifted
wholly out OF the water, twisted half way
around and suddenly capsized. Every one
on board was drowned. 1t is known that
there were five men on the schooner, but
whether there were more or not is not
known 1t is also feared that there
may also have been women and children
among the lost. At the time of the disas-
ter there was not cloud in the sky.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

RECENT advices from Lagos state that
King Tofa, of Porto Novo, India, was prac-
ticing horrible cruelties toward subordin-
ate Princes, cutting out their eyes and
tongues, breaking their Jaws and scalping
and burning them.
In mines near Lavant, Can, fall of
earth on the 18th killed five men and dan
gerously wounded two others.
On the 18th the steamship Great Eastern
which cost 81 0O0,O 600, was sold at auction at
Liverpool for $130,000
THE South Australia wheat crop shows a
surplus of 175,000 tons.
ARCHBISHOP CRoKE, ON the ground that
the money is used to purchase police
bludgeons, advocates the non-payment of
taxes in Ireland.
AN explosion in a mine at Rhondda,
Wales, on the 18th entombed fifty men.
ADvIcEs of the Goth from Queensland say
that sixty lives had been lost by recent
floods at Brisbane, and that the damage to
property was large.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

The accounts of recent mid-winter
thunder-storms in Missouri show that
the electric fluid was particularly ener-
getic. Near Doniphan it struck two
trees, barked them both clear to the
ground and set one of them on fire near
the ground. 1t also broke large glass
in door, killed shoat, then jumped
to a telephone wire and ran along the
wire to a residence and knocked off
some OF the Notwithstanding. The
wire was melted and destroyed almost
its entire length. Miss Mary Mason,
who was sleeping near telephone
transmitter, had one arm blistered.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

WOMEN haters have at last got an
organ. 1t is published at Vienna and
is called the Misogyraist. The editor
announces the determination of the pa
per, at whatever risk to the members
OF the staff, to proclaim its hostility to
women at all times and under all cir
CumStanceS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

The old trick of lawyers to put off
trial in criminal cases by pleading
want of time for preparation, or a
pressing engagement elsewhere, was
circumyented by Brooklyn Judge the
other day by an assignment of another
lawyer to defend the prisoner and an
order to 60 on with the trial.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

AT one of the stations in Central
Dakota the agent had his patience ex-
hausted by inquiries about trains dur
ing the late blockade and put up a
bulletin: 1.-THE next train will be in
in siXty-four hours if there is not an
other blizzard
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

A POLICEMAN in Atlanta, having
noted that colored man was regular
ly calling at residences with large
basket, made the discovery that it con-
tanned whisky, sugar, glasses and tea
spoons arranged in framework.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR has
planned a, device for his new Congo
steamer which will do away with the
necessity of firearms. In case of at
tack he can put the natives to flight by
hose attached to powerful steam
pump. Neither dogs nor men," he
remarks, ''can stand before such a shot
of water" The little steamer is also
provided with electric lights.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
An Old Man Tortured and Robbed by
Masked Lien.

DUBOIS, Pa, Feb. 21.-Three masked men
entered the cabin of John Bortmas, aged
seventy years, Friday night, and dem anded
his money. On his refusal to give it up
they tortured him by hanging and holding
live Goals TO his feet until he told them
where he had concealed the sum of s312
After torturing further in the belief that
ne had more hidden away, they became
convinced by his steadfast denials, and left
him. Bortmas quickly recovered from the
terrible ordeal, and is now chuckling over
the fact that he managed to save over
81 600 in bank bills which was hidden under
the floor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

MEN who have travelled extensively
assert that most of the burning of cars
is occasioned by the use of oil lamps,
which invariably become detached in
such accidents and scatter their con-
tents to saturate the inside fittings,
with which the flames speedily play
havoc
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
William Fails. of Albany. Ore. !.

William Fails, of Albany, Ore, IS
rather unlucky. He is not yet seven
teen years old, and yet he has had his
right leg broken twice, his arm broken
twice, his collar bone broken. and five
of his ribs broken, besides number of
less important injuries too numerous
to mention. He was just recovering
from a recent injury, when, the other
day, while wrestling with some boys,
he slipped and fell, breaking bone IN
his wrist.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

ACALIFoRNIA paper lays down this
rule for the guidance of its readers
who may be thinking of specializing in
mining stocks: " Buy 'em when they
are low and sell when they are high,
and watch your broker with a shot
D,,,, -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
"a littlo fonr-rnar-old nirl In M.

"A little four-year-old girl in Mel
rose has a grandfather who is mar
RED to q second wife, and little Flea
nor's mother had, in reply to questions
concerning their relationship, said she
could call her ''step-grandma. Soon
Eleanor was overheard telling her
brother that grandma is not our truly
grandma, but a walking grandmar'-
Boston TrdUelLer
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
Little Probability of an Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-There is no prob
ability of an extra session. The only cause
Tor one would be the failure of some of
the appropriation bills. But notwithstand-
ing the backward state of these bills,
members of the Appropriation committees
say they will all become laws.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

AT the Hospital. Physician"
congratulate you sincerely, my dear
SIR Patient Goyfully) = "Then 1
will recover" Physician-"No, not
exactly; but after consultation we have
come to the conclusion that your case
is an entirely new one, and we have
decided to give your name to the NAL
ady, provided that our diagnosis is
confirmed blythe autopsy" (Pa-
tent Immediately expires from fright.)
-POYSs FiGnrO
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
Five Men Killed in a Mine.

LAvANT, Ont, Feb. 1S-A terrible acct
dent occurred at the Wilbur coal mines
near here yesterday morning about 30
O'Clock. Five men were instantly killed
and two seriously wounded by the fan of
earth from the roof Most of the Gien
were married and had families.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

1T is said that one of the living Curl
osites in Chicago dime museum is
an ex-merchant who ran business seven
years without advertising. The usual
period is only two.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

The new State Department at Wash
ington has $50 rooms, and cost S., 000,-
900. The new War Department has
173 rooms, and cost $4,000, 900. The
building has Alp windows.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

CONGRESSMAN BUCK, of Connecticut,
has received letter from q female
constituent asking him for all the de-
tails of the fisheries question, as she is
interested in botany"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

The other day two watermelons,
fresh from the vine, were shipped from
Laurinburg, N. c., to a Congressman
at Washington.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

NOTWITHSTANDING has just had its first
boom in Mexico, and a rink is soon to
be opened. When viii they have the
toboggan?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

The carriages of the late President
Arthur were sold at auction in New
York the other day, a Landau bringing
1913, a Brougham s435 and a Victoria
500